[Slackbuilds-users] FFmpeg update

[Heinz Wiesinger]

Hello everyone,

I got more and more requests from people about an update for the ffmpeg version 
we have in the repo as it is already quite a bit dated. Usually I wait until a 
new Slackware release with the update, since verifying everything still builds 
with it is easier this way. Even more so since the amount of packages 
depending/using ffmpeg grew so large that testing it all by myself is no longer 
feasible.

However, while the next Slackware release is definitely closer than it was a 
couple months ago, I guess it's still a ways off. So I figured we might as well 
try to test the update in a "crowdsourced" fashion and see how that goes :)

I pushed a branch with my changes to github. You can find it here:

https://github.com/pprkut/SlackBuilds/tree/ffmpeg

This contains an updated ffmpeg (2.6.3), x264 (20150223) and ffmpegthumbnailer 
(2.0.10) as well as build fixes for transcode.

What remains is testing all the remaining scripts to make sure nothing breaks.

I grepped the repo and had a look at everything that might depend on ffmpeg or 
x264. Below you can find a (hopefully) comprehensive list. Items I'm not sure 
about I marked with "(?)". I already tested

libraries/libquicktime
multimedia/mediatomb
multimedia/transcode

I kindly ask for help testing the remaining scripts to make sure nothing 
breaks :)

I already know John Vogel tested some of these, so it might be good to wait 
for his feedback before rushing off compiling things in order to reduce 
duplicate work. Although double-checking certainly won't hurt here :)

Thanks in advance for the help! Here we go with the list:

ffmpeg
===================
audio/audacity
audio/cmus
audio/deadbeef
audio/kid3
audio/kradio
audio/lastfm
audio/mpd
audio/qmmp
audio/soundconverter
audio/xmms2 (?)
audio/xwax
desktop/recorditnow
desktop/ssr
desktop/thunar-thumbnailers
games/alephone
games/dolphin-emu
games/openmw
games/vcmi
gis/grass
graphics/digikam
libraries/OpenSceneGraph (?)
libraries/alsa-plugins
libraries/audioread
libraries/chromaprint
libraries/ffms2
libraries/libunicap
libraries/libvdpau-va-gl
libraries/opal
libraries/opencv
libraries/wxsvg
multimedia/bombono-dvd
multimedia/cantata
multimedia/cinelerra
multimedia/devede
multimedia/dvd-slideshow
multimedia/dvdrip
multimedia/dvdstyler (?)
multimedia/emoc
multimedia/ffmpeg2theora
multimedia/flowblade
multimedia/get_iplayer
multimedia/gimp-gap
multimedia/gnupod
multimedia/gpac
multimedia/guvcview
multimedia/imagination
multimedia/kino
multimedia/kodi (?)
multimedia/lives
multimedia/lwks
multimedia/makemkv
multimedia/minidlna
multimedia/miro
multimedia/mlt
multimedia/mpv
multimedia/ripit
multimedia/rosa-media-player
multimedia/sinthgunt
multimedia/spek
multimedia/stills2dv
multimedia/vlc (?)
multimedia/winff
multimedia/xjadeo
multimedia/xvst
network/Pafy
network/cherokee
network/freerdp
network/imageshack-uploader (?)
network/linphone
network/you-get
network/youtube-dl
network/ZoneMinder
system/motion

x264
===================
libraries/gst1-plugins-ugly
multimedia/avidemux
multimedia/gst-plugins-ugly
multimedia/kdenlive
multimedia/mythtv
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